Passenger Gwth of 19% - Dec

Ryanair Holdings PLC
04 January 2007


Embargoed for release at 10.10am - 4th January 2007


               RYANAIR PASSENGER GROWTH OF 19% FOR DECEMBER 2006


The following are Ryanair's passenger and load factor statistics for December
2006.

                       December      December           Rolling 12 months
                           2005          2006      ended 31st December 2006

    Passengers 1      2,833,765      3,361,169              40,532,095
    Load Factor 2         82%            81%                    83%



 1. Represents the number of earned seats flown by Ryanair. Earned seats include
    seats that are flown whether or not the passenger turns up because once a
    flight has departed a no-show customer is not entitled to change flights or
    seek a refund.

 2. Represents the number of passengers as a proportion of the number of seats
    available for passengers.


ENDS. Thursday, 4th January 2007

For further information:

Peter Sherrard - Ryanair                 Pauline McAlester - Murray Consultants
Tel: [phone]                   Tel: [phone]



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